Show me a completely smooth operation and I’ll show you a cover up. Real boats rock.
Darwi Odrade

Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your own life.
Darwi Odrade

The difference between a good administrator and a bad one is about five heartbeats. Good administrators make immediate choices … [that] usually can be made to work.
The Stolen Journals – Leto II

No matter how exotic human civilization becomes, no matter the developments of life and society nor the complexity of the machine/human interface, there always come interludes of lonely power when the course of humankind, depends upon the relatively simple actions of single individuals.
The Tleilaxu Godbuk

The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam

Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.
Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)

We do not want our ideas changed. We feel threatened by such demands. “I already know the important things!” we say. Then Changer comes and throws our old ideas away.
The Zensufi Master